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Part III Understanding Environmental Controls and Bromus
Distribution (Invasibility of Landscapes by Bromus)
8 Soil Moisture and Biogeochemical Factors Influence
the Distribution of Annual Bromus Species .......................................... 227
Jayne Belnap , John M. Stark , Benjamin M. Rau , Edith B. Allen ,
and Susan Phillips
9 Bromus Response to Climate and Projected Changes
with Climate Change .............................................................................. 257
Bethany A. Bradley , Caroline A. Curtis , and Jeanne C. Chambers
10 Plant Community Resistance to Invasion by Bromus Species:
The Roles of Community Attributes, Bromus Interactions
with Plant Communities, and Bromus Traits ....................................... 275
Jeanne C. Chambers , Matthew J. Germino , Jayne Belnap ,
Cynthia S. Brown , Eugene W. Schupp , and Samuel B. St. Clair
Part IV Relating the Science to Human Uses and Restoration
of Western Rangeland Landscapes
11 Land Uses, Fire, and Invasion: Exotic Annual Bromus
and Human Dimensions ......................................................................... 307
David A. Pyke , Jeanne C. Chambers , Jeffrey L. Beck ,
Matthew L. Brooks , and Brian A. Mealor
12 Assessing Restoration and Management Needs for Ecosystems
Invaded by Exotic Annual Bromus Species .......................................... 339
Thomas A. Monaco , Stuart P. Hardegree , Mike Pellant ,
and Cynthia S. Brown
13 State-and-Transition Models: Conceptual Versus
Simulation Perspectives, Usefulness and Breadth of Use,
and Land Management Applications .................................................... 371
Louis Provencher , Leonardo Frid , Christina Czembor ,
and Jeffrey T. Morisette
14 Human Dimensions of Invasive Grasses ............................................... 409
Mark W. Brunson and Halley Kartchner
15 Economic Modeling and the Management of Exotic
Annual Bromus Species: Accounting for Ecosystem Dynamics,
Ecological Thresholds, and Spatial Interdependencies ....................... 429
Mark Eiswerth , Rebecca Epanchin-Niell , Kimberly Rollins ,
and Michael H. Taylor
Index ................................................................................................................. 457
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